Why are people choosing to pursue a career in medicine? (1 Viewer)

[cosmo 2]

You seem to be alive, so it seems like they did their job.

no i want to die

 

[D94]

no i want to die

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[cosmo 2]

i dont have a phone

 

[fizzbylightning]

If you've come across a doctor that doesn't examine well or take a good history then you should be suspect. That being said, it's often difficult from the patient perspective to realise what a good history/examination or set of investigations for a particular presenting symptom is without a medical degree. A lot more goes on in the background than just what you see, if we're looking on a computer, we're probably rechecking your known medical history, previous exam findings, investigation results or triple checking a treatment regime which are often in flux with current guidelines. In my practice, I'll check a treatment regime or dosing with guidelines even if I know it off by heart. I teach my students/juniors only to learn the emergent drug dosing and to look up everything else, it's just another layer of safety.

Back to the OP's question:
Why do people choose medicine?
Lotta reasons but the ones who do it for money leave quickly, we don't get paid enough to deal with the shit we have to.

This.

 

[Confound]

I don't really think peeps go into medicine for the money.

There's a lot more money in easier fields like banking